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Froghammer posted:Off the top of my head, there's a demigod of storytelling and dinosaurs that nobody other than turbonerds knows or cares about Wow Dragonbait has a longass page, I thought he was a one-off character for TOA
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E: ^^^ Dragonbait is the best dragon paladin pal a magic clone can have. And he communicates with smells. You can be a cleric of Lliira, the goddess of good times (joy), or a cleric of Sune, the goddess of sexy good times (beauty). You could be a cleric of Akadi and quote Subotai, "my god is the wind; my god is above your god." Shaundakul is a cool minor god of exploration and travel who's perfect for an adventuring cleric. If you want to be a war cleric, but want to have some extra flavor, you can worship Garagos, the former main god of war who's focused on slaughter and bloodshed, or if that's too edgy, the Red Knight, is the lesser goddess of war's tactical and strategic aspects.
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Dec 3, 2020 04:32
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Anyone seen a follower of Hoar done as something other than overpowering edgelordism?
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PeterWeller posted:E: ^^^ Dragonbait is the best dragon paladin pal a magic clone can have. And he communicates with smells. Lliira is also the goddess of dancing, rainbows, and queers, so yeah she's rad.
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Dec 3, 2020 04:45
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Eilistraee would be good for both twilight/dusk and peace
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Dec 3, 2020 04:49
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Anyone seen a follower of Hoar done as something other than overpowering edgelordism? That's Hoar's whole thing. That's like asking if anyone's see a cleric of Cyric who isn't an insane troublemaker or a cleric of Nobanion who doesn't like cats.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:I need an interesting deity for a character. I've really enjoyed Umberlee and Cyrollalee but I wanna run a cleric in ToA and could use something unusual or interesting. or which setting are you in? change my name posted:Eilistraee would be good for both twilight/dusk and peace
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Drizzt worships Mielikki 
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PeterWeller posted:Drizzt worships Mielikki woops yeah, unicorn goddess wires crossed because of the way the campaign i'm running is going but Elistraee is definitely the drow redeemer goddess
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Dec 3, 2020 05:19
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PeterWeller posted:E: ^^^ Dragonbait is the best dragon paladin pal a magic clone can have. And he communicates with smells. Saurials are awesome in general.
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Dec 3, 2020 05:27
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I know in the monster manual there is a "Mage" enemy that has some basic spells. But aside from just picking out spells that are thematic to a monster or would be challenging for players to deal with. There isn't like "mid range CR level mage" or "high level CR Mage with lots of dangerous spells" kinda monster blocks already kicking around is there?
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Dec 3, 2020 06:20
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There are some other premade wizard NPCs, though not all in the Monster Manual (I think many of the others are in Volo's). At the top there is the Archmage which has ninth level spells and at the bottom, the 1st level Apprentice. There are also mid-range NPC stat blocks for each of the school specializations.
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The Shame Boy posted:I know in the monster manual there is a "Mage" enemy that has some basic spells. But aside from just picking out spells that are thematic to a monster or would be challenging for players to deal with. There isn't like "mid range CR level mage" or "high level CR Mage with lots of dangerous spells" kinda monster blocks already kicking around is there? There's a ton of spellcasters spread out through the various books, although the MM and Volvo's have the most. They range from the CR 1/4 Acolyte through the CR6 Mage to the CR12 Archmage as bases, with lots of racial and local types thrown in.
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Hm, i will have to look more thoroughly through my books then since i must have missed most of those then.
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I have a character build question: if you wanted to make an "antimage" who was based around blocking other casters from using spells with stuff like Counterspell, how would you build it? My thought was hexblade 5 for charisma attacks and thirsting blade, and then divine soul sorceror for anitmagic field and silence, plus sorcery points to maximize the number of counterspells you have. Sorlock seems like the best combo for sheer number of counterspells per day, and hexblade 5 gives you extra attack and SAD melee attacks to ensure that you can fight in antimagic field. Any thoughts?
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Taciturn Tactician posted:I have a character build question: if you wanted to make an "antimage" who was based around blocking other casters from using spells with stuff like Counterspell, how would you build it? My thought was hexblade 5 for charisma attacks and thirsting blade, and then divine soul sorceror for anitmagic field and silence, plus sorcery points to maximize the number of counterspells you have. Sorlock seems like the best combo for sheer number of counterspells per day, and hexblade 5 gives you extra attack and SAD melee attacks to ensure that you can fight in antimagic field. Any thoughts? Bard/Sorc. Jack of All Trades work with the counterspell check. Subtle metamagic makes your counterspells less likely/impossible to counterspell.
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Nehru the Damaja posted:I need an interesting deity for a character. I've really enjoyed Umberlee and Cyrollalee but I wanna run a cleric in ToA and could use something unusual or interesting. The campaign has an achaeologist background if I remember right, so what about doing a reverse Stargate and making a Mulhorandi cleric of someone like Horus or Thoth who is an archaeologist researching the ancient magic which brought the ancestors of the Mulan people from Egypt to Imaskar? Bonus points if you attribute everything strange to Earthlings. Reveilled fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Dec 3, 2020 |
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FFT posted:woops yeah, unicorn goddess Oh yeah, you're right about Elistraee. I've always felt she should be an aspect or alias of Selune, given that Selune is all about redemption and dancing in the moonlight, so there's all sorts of overlap. But then again, I just gushed a bit about FR's lesser war gods, so I'm being sorta hypocritical here. theironjef posted:Saurials are awesome in general. gently caress yes they are. 
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Reveilled posted:The campaign has an achaeologist background if I remember right, so what about doing a reverse Stargate and making a Mulhorandi cleric of someone like Horus or Thoth who is an archaeologist researching the ancient magic which brought the ancestors of the Mulan people from Egypt to Imaskar? You'd probably be better off looking at the existing Chult religions that get tossed out in ToA - Ubtao, Dendar the Night Serpent (if you like the idea of worshiping the serpent that will wake up eat the sun and end the world), and Eshowdow. Look them up on the FR wiki and see if they're of interest, but there's some fun stuff to go with there. And then yeah, Finder Wyvernspur also works with the inclusion of Dragonbait. e: *smells like freshly baked bread*
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Natty Ninefingers posted:So uh. I played DnD years and years ago, and recently got back into it. I’m not too interested in min maxing, as evidenced by the fact that I promptly rolled a wild mage sorcerer because it sounded exciting and hilarious. At higher levels: Counterspell Dispel Magic Teleport Plane Shift
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God, the cloak of protection is such a good item
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I'm running a low-level Nutcracker-themed adventure for my group this Sunday (we do a Christmas adventure every December). They'll be given a wooden soldier toy which will likely be broken by a minor campaign villain, and then they'll fall asleep and find themselves in their usual tavern, but very small. Under their usual table, they'll find a soldier with the same injury as the wooden toy, who will request that they bring him safely to the Christmas tree in the center of the tavern, but the way there is patrolled by rat soldiers. Once they make it to the tree, they'll fight the rat king, and then a sugar plum fairy will heal the toy and reward the players. Then they'll wake up and find the toy whole again, along with their rewards. Can you think of anything else fun I should throw into the adventure? Music-wise, I'll be playing Tchaikovsky from the moment they go to sleep.
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make them fight a gingerbread man that can only be defeated by eating him or an army of them that get animated from the tray
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A sinister elf on the shelf.
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Bottom Liner posted:make them fight a gingerbread man that can only be defeated by eating him Or a gingerbread man that's human-sized and going to eat them e: gingermancer Have a phase in the boss fight where he escapes on a sled across the bar, leading to the players mounting up in reindeer/sled chase ending in a crash landing in the fireplace where he's crushed by a giant red rear end, maybe during which he throws a zone of darkness (like the spell) which the players navigate via the toy or similar casting a "light" spell on one of the reindeer PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Dec 5, 2020 |
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VikingofRock posted:I'm running a low-level Nutcracker-themed adventure for my group this Sunday (we do a Christmas adventure every December). They'll be given a wooden soldier toy which will likely be broken by a minor campaign villain, and then they'll fall asleep and find themselves in their usual tavern, but very small. Under their usual table, they'll find a soldier with the same injury as the wooden toy, who will request that they bring him safely to the Christmas tree in the center of the tavern, but the way there is patrolled by rat soldiers. Once they make it to the tree, they'll fight the rat king, and then a sugar plum fairy will heal the toy and reward the players. Then they'll wake up and find the toy whole again, along with their rewards. Relating the rewards to chocolate, coffee, tea, and candy canes (or their associated nationalities) might be a good addition. They're some of the most iconic dance themes.
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Nyyen posted:A sinister elf on the shelf. Do you call them "ATM machines" too?
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Run run at your maximum pace You can't catch me I'm affected by Haste
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My friend informed me that you can make/play as a Giant Owl Spellcaster with the new sidekick rules. I now need to convince a DM to let me play one  Also on Christmas dungeon, I'm running one tomorrow and one of the magic items is a bottomless bag of coins. Chocolate coins.
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something I've been wondering: why are there separate values for actual XP and the "adjusted" XP that represents the difficulty of the encounter, and increases with multiple monsters? it seems like if an encounter takes more of the players' resources, and is more risky, they should get greater rewards for it
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congratulations on being a better game designer than the official team
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I googled it and apparently it's because otherwise it'd be possible to farm large groups of easy enemies for easy xp? Whatever, milestone leveling and making it part of the narrative is the way to go anyway. I think I've said it before in this thread but I always hated the idea of finishing a fight in the middle of a dungeon, leveling, and suddenly having new abilities. "Hey guys, I know how to cast fireball now! Sure would've been great an hour before, right?" I always try to tie in leveling with a bit of downtime. That way it makes sense for them to have honed their skills and be able to do new stuff on their bext adventure.
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Taeke posted:I googled it and apparently it's because otherwise it'd be possible to farm large groups of easy enemies for easy xp? I split the difference by saying you have to finish a long rest to level like in Morrowind
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Taeke posted:I googled it and apparently it's because otherwise it'd be possible to farm large groups of easy enemies for easy xp? Honestly, I kind of hate milestone leveling. There is a sense of progression you get from accumulating exp that helps keep me invested as a player. MIlestone is easier, but seeing the accumulation of power is awesome. And honestly, as long as you don't let players level up until they take a long rest it helps with the "middle of dungeon, and now I'm better" problem.
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You can't "farm" enemies in D&D, you're at the discretion of what the DM is throwing at you unless you guys agree on a hack-and-slash adventure?
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change my name posted:You can't "farm" enemies in D&D, you're at the discretion of what the DM is throwing at you unless you guys agree on a hack-and-slash adventure? Just quantum up some bears! Get with the discourse!
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Open a portal to the Abyss, stand there and wait. You'll get to fight all sorts of demons plus all the jerks who want to shut down your fun.
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change my name posted:You can't "farm" enemies in D&D, you're at the discretion of what the DM is throwing at you unless you guys agree on a hack-and-slash adventure? cast animate dead, farm skeletons. Duh!
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Hey I finally played a session. I missed the first night but caught up with the group as source of info on some dark dwarves who stole a bunch of magic stone from a statue of an elder god the local town had. I followed along with the heroes to pursue, as my dude is an archaeologist who's bored to tears if he isn't risking his life in a dungeon. As a warforged artificer, I gave Mr. Mac OS Guyver starting equipment and spells that were useful or thematic, like shocking grasp(for he is a robot) and Catapult for throwing things instead of magic bolts or fireballs. So anyway, we catch up with the culprits and I'm looking through my stuff to see what I can use to fight with. I see Catapult can launch things up to 5lbs as projectiles that cause blunt damage. "Hey DM, how much does the crowbar that came in my adventure pack weigh?" -"Uh, should be 5 lbs" "Ok I use my spell here to fuckin whip this crowbar at the mind master's head" He dodged it by rolling a 20, but it was a fun moment.
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